CHURCH COMMISSIONERS

Ethnic Community Religious Groups

Mr. Cox:
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions he has had with the Church Commissioners about possible financial assistance to ethnic community religious groups in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [43942]

Mr. Bell:
My hon. Friend will know from my answer of 30 November 2001 that in 2000the latest year for which audited figures are availablethe Commissioners made available £160 million to support the work of the Church of England, including a share to support the stipends of the serving ministry, targeted particularly on areas of need and opportunity. Within the Church of England there are many parishes with ethnic community religious groups that the Church seeks to serve.

The Church of England cultivates its connection with minority faith communities through its Inter Faith Concerns Group and has also contributed financially to the work of the Inner Cities Religious Council.

The Commissioners do not have a remit for Wales.

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HOME DEPARTMENT

Courts Martial

Mrs. Brooke:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are serving prison sentences imposed by courts martial; and which prisons they are held in. [41363]

Beverley Hughes:
Provisional data show that on 31 January 2002 27 prisoners were serving prison sentences imposed by courts martial.

Prisoners sentenced by courts martial

Prison name

Male

Female

Acklington

1



Aylesbury

1



Blundestone

3



Chelmsford

2



Deerbolt

1



Drake Hall



1

Guys Marsh

2



High point



1

Hollesley Bay

1



Holme House

1



Kirklevington

1



North Sea Camp

1



Stocken

1



Stoke Heath

1



Wakefield

1



Wayland

3



Wealstun

2



Wymott

3



Entitlement Cards

Mr. Letwin:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what work on development of an entitlement card, other than for asylum seekers, is being conducted in his Department; and what measures have been adopted to co-ordinate this work with the Department of Social Security. [40863]

Mr. Blunkett [holding answer 7 March 2002]: A small unit has been established in my Department to draft the consultation paper which I announced on 5 February 2002 and to manage the consultation exercise. Some of the detailed work on how a scheme might operate is being undertaken in partnership by the United Kingdom Passport Service and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

My officials are working closely with colleagues in a number of Government Departments including the Department for Work and Pensions which is represented on a group of senior officials chaired by the Cabinet Office which has overseen the work at official level.

Fees

Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which fees his Department, its agencies and associated public bodies collect; how much has been raised or is anticipated will be raised from each of these fees from 199899 to 200405; which of these fees count as negative expenditure; and if he will make a statement. [41312]

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Angela Eagle:
The fees collected by the Home Department are summarised in the table. All of the fees are classified as negative expenditure within the

Retail Crime

Mr. Lepper:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what support his Department has given to the British Retail Consortium to (a) establish and (b) manage retail crime partnership; and what contribution his Department makes to the British Retail Consortium annual retail crime survey for England and Wales; [39863]

(2) if he will make a statement on the number of meetings he has had with representatives of the retail industry to discuss retail crime prevention in the last 12 months; [39864]

(3) what studies have been made of the effects of retail crime partnerships on crime reduction; and if he will publish a list of the locations of retail crime partnerships in the UK. [39865]

Mr. Denham:
My hon. Friend (Mr. Ainsworth) addressed the launch of the British Retail Consortium annual crime survey on 27 June 2001. I also visited a number of retailers in the St. Leonards areas of Hastings on 6 February 2002 when the Small Retailers in Deprived Areas scheme was launched.

Home Office officials are in regular contact with several retail representative bodies to discuss a range of issues, including retail crime prevention. Home Office Ministers and officials will continue to hold meetings with retail representatives such as the British Retail Consortium to ensure that their concerns are heard and understood by Government.

My Department has supported the work undertaken to establish partnerships by funding development work by a consultant for the past two years. This has resulted in the production of a definitive guide on how to establish and run a retail crime partnership, and we have encouraged retailers and other stakeholders in main shopping centre areas to establish partnerships to tackle retail and related crime. We are aware of the following retail crime partnerships currently in existence in England and Wales and registered with Business Crime Check.

Acocks Green Shopping Centre (SC)

Aintree

Andover

Barnstaple

Barrow

Bath

Bedford

Birkenhead

Birmingham

Bitterne

Blackburn

Blackpool

Bluewater SC

Bognor Regis

Bolton

Bootle

Boscombe

Bournemouth

Bradford

Brent Cross SC

Bridlington

Brighton

Bristol Broadmead

Bromley

Burnley

Burton-On-Trent

Bury St. Edmunds

Buxton

Caernarfon

Cardiff

Carlisle

Cheltenham

Chester

Chesterfield

Clacton

Clapham

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Coventry

Crawley

Cribbs Causeway

Crosby Village

Croydon

Darlington

Dewsbury

Durham

Eastleigh

Epsom

Evesham

Exeter

Fareham

Folkestone

Fosse Park SC

Gloucester

Gravesend

Great Yarmouth

Grimsby/Cleethorpes

Guildford

Hanley

Harbourne

Harlow

Hastings

Hatfield

Haywards Heath

Hemel Hempstead

Hereford

Hexham

Holloway

Hounslow

Huyton Village

Ipswich

Keighley

Kendal

Kensington, Liverpool

Kettering

Kidderminster

Kirby

Leamington Spa

Leeds

Leicester

Lewisham

Lincoln

Liscard SC

Littlehampton

Liverpool

Llandudno

Lowestoft

Luton

Lymington

Maidenhead

Maidstone

Manchester

Margate

Market Watch, Liverpool

Meadowhall SC

Merry Hill

Merthyr Tydfil

Metro Centre, Newcastle

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Middlesbrough

Milton Keynes

Neath/Port Talbot

Nelson

Newbury

Newcastle

Newport, Isle of Wight

Newton Abbott

Northampton

Norwich

Nottingham

Nuneaton

Orpington

Peterborough

Plymouth

Pontefract

Portsmouth

Prescot/Fairfield

Preston

Redcar

Redditch

Rhyl

Richmond

Ringwood

Romford

Rugby

Rugeley

Salisbury

Scarborough

Sheffield

Shipley

Shoreham

Shrewsbury

Sittingbourne

Skegness

Slough

Solihull

Southport

Southsea

Stevenage

Stockport

Stockton

Stoke-on-Trent

Stratford-upon-Avon

Sutton

Sutton in Ashfield

Swansea

Swindon

Taunton

Telford

Trafford Centre

Tunbridge Wells

Uxbridge

Wallington

Walsall

Waltham Cross

Walthamstow

Walton

Wandsworth

Warrington

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Watford

Welwyn Garden City

Westminster

Weston-Super-Mare

Wimborne

Winchester

Windsor

Wirral

Wolverhampton

Wood Green

Woolwich

Worcester

Workington

Wrexham.

There are other locations where partnerships are known to exist or are being developed but these are not registered with Business Crime Check. I am not aware of any specific studies on the effects of retail crime partnerships on crime reduction

The annual retail crime survey carried out independently by the British Retail Consortium and my Department is not involved in its production.